Novel and popular-fiction forms specific to the Japanese literary and publishing tradition, from its Edo-period woodblock-printed book formats through its modern genre and manga-adjacent categories. Includes the Edo-period print formats akahon, kibyoshi, gokan, kusazoshi and yomihon and the gesaku and ninjobon genres they belong to, the modern confessional shishosetsu or I-Novel tradition, the light novel format and its healing-focused iyashikei subgenre, the editorial category josei and the romantic Class S tradition, and popular romantic genres distinctive to Japanese media such as boys' love, yuri and harem romance. Grouped separately from Chinese and East Asian Novel Traditions because these forms belong to Japan's own distinct publishing history and readership categories rather than the Chinese-language literary tradition.
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1. Japanese Literature (Wikipedia)
WikipediaJapanese literature, lead section, Tale of Genji sentenceQuote, Japanese literature, lead section, Tale of Genji sentence
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari), written in the early 11th century by female courtier Murasaki Shikibu, is considered the pre-eminent novel of Heian fiction.
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